Video sheds new light on the sounds animals make to communicate with one another

Jul 25, 2014 22:57 GMT  ·  By

Those who have had the chance to watch “My Fair Lady” (note: this is a 1964 movie, so proceed with caution if you want to Google it and not have everyone figure out you're not as cool as you pretend to be) probably know that people don't all speak in the same manner.

Thus, linguists say that a person's way to pronounce certain sounds is strongly influenced by a little something called accent, i.e. a manner of pronunciation that is distinct to an individual, a nation, or a location. The place where a person was born can also dictate their choice of words.

As it turns out, it's not just humans belonging to different social groups that talk differently to one another. On the contrary, such behaviors have also been documented in the animal world, where they appear to be quite common.

The video below made it online just a few days ago, when it was posted on a YouTube channel that goes by the name of Earth Unplugged. It details several accents that have until now been documented among animals, and I myself found it quite entertaining.

By the looks of it, cows, goats, whales, monkeys and even birds belonging to the same species tend to let out different sounds when living in areas quite far one from the other. In some case, animal accents are so strong they make it difficult for some creatures to find mates.

Check out the video to learn more about animal accents, and do share your thoughts on it in the comments section below.